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Letters

We asked readers Should the smoking age be raised to 21? Big Tobacco wants to snuff out smoking age The fact that Big Tobacco is in favor of keeping the status quo on age-related tobacco sales should tell us we should change it to 21. Big Tobacco is not interested in our health or that of our children — only the dotted line. And they know that the older one gets, the less likely they are to start smoking. I’m sure they will spend millions...

|3 weeks ago

Letters

Potholes around town more than just eyesores San Bernardino has one venue where people come from out-of-town regularly: the soccer fields on Arden Avenue. What a nice venue! I’m sure the people who go there are appalled by the huge potholes up and down Arden Avenue in front of the fields. I imagine they say, “Yep, we must be in San Bernardino.” The holes get a tiny patch periodically, but one rain takes them out. What an appalling...

|3 weeks, 3 days ago

Letters

Don’t blame parents for measles outbreak For the last few weeks, news reports suggested that the current surge of measles, tuberculosis and some polio cases are all to blame on parents who refuse to vaccinate their children. Not one report has dared suggest that the masses of illegal immigrants who flooded our southern border last year most likely brought these diseases back into our country. It’s too much of a coincidence to think otherwise. But no...

|3 weeks, 4 days ago

Letters

Why you should get your kids vaccinated I am living proof that everyone needs vaccinations, especially during this new outbreak of measles. In 1968, I was exposed to measles. I was infected because I wasn’t vaccinated. Within six months, I developed symptoms that baffled my doctor. I had numbness in my hands and feet, fatigue and difficulty walking and holding on to things. It took almost a year for me to be diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. At the time, they...

|3 weeks, 5 days ago

Letters

Actually, U.S. education system has not changed Re “Mandatory civics test a well-rounded approach” (Letters, Feb. 1): The writer wrote that the United States once had an education system with high standards that produced well-rounded graduates equipped to succeed. I disagree. In the old days, too many students didn’t graduate. Too many didn’t even enter high school. Social promotion has been around for decades partly because the...

|3 weeks, 5 days ago

Letters

We asked readers, Who do you want to run for U.S. Senate? Level-headed Adam Schiff should make Senate run I hope Democrat Congressman Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, will run for Barbara Boxer’s Senate seat in 2016. His moderate, level-headed, common-sense approach to issues is refreshingly rare, versus the noisy extremists who oppose whatever the opposite party stands for, instead of what is best for the country’s welfare. Schiff has also had a...

|4 weeks ago

Letters

State of Union filled with misrepresentations Re “State of the Union: not so ready to compromise” (Editorial, Jan. 22): The editorial regarding the State of the Union address was interesting but showed either an unawareness of facts, bias or both. Then to say it was occasionally even eloquent was beyond belief. I’ve been watching State of the Union addresses since Franklin Delano Roosevelt and never have I seen one with so many...

|on 01/29/2015

Letters

Environmentalists and the state’s plastic-bag ban I think it was the picture of a pelican with a plastic bag hanging around its neck that was the clincher for the environmentalists’ ability to shut down the plastic bag industry in California and put 4,000 people out of work. I’ve been to the beach many times in my 66 years and never seen a pelican with a plastic bag around its neck. The environmentalists claim that thousands of animals are injured...

|on 01/28/2015

Letters

We asked readers: Is Arizona civics test a good idea for grads? Test would force students to learn nation’s ideals Understanding America’s civic history is vital to our future if we are to preserve liberty and freedom. Alexander Hamilton said, “The safety of a...

|on 01/27/2015

Opinion

We asked readers, Is Arizona civics test good idea for grads? Mandatory high school civics test a step forward We are raising generations of historical illiterates due to the fact that American history is no longer a required subject in our schools. This is detrimental to America’s need for enlightened citizens. Our future is at stake. Those who know nothing of the past are destined to repeat mistakes of the past. The Arizona...